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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02
WOMEN .LAcE-MAKERs.
How "the Viewers Dainty Touch Bring
Many Flower to Fairest Shape"

How "the Weaver's Dainty Touch Brings
Many Flower to Fairest shape"
4 In the city of Brussels is a lace man
ufactory in which it is said that l, 800
women find constant employment.
The process of the delicate handicraft
is thus described: The flower is first
pricked upon the paper, then formed
with ribbons twisted around pins;
another hand attends to ''the filling
up And then by more pins the work
thus begun is attached to a paper on
which the pattern of the veil TO be
wrought is clearly traced. The lace is
then laid over this, tackled firmly to it,
and the flowers are fastened to the
lace by process similar to the crochet
stitch. Another skillful hand cuts out
the lace under. thesopen work. In real
lace the entire strip is hand-wroughtt
in limitations the foundation is woven,
and the flowers are sewed on instead Of
being netted in by crochet stitch. .,,,.f
One woman, with wonderful delieacy
of touch, was observed making lace Of
the most exquisite kind from ,gossamel
thread, spun by hand. This fine thread
is worth its weight in gold, costing, as
we are told, from 5000 to $500 pei
pound, The spinners of such "airy tbs
suer must do their work in dark rooms
in which but ray of light is admitted
and even that faint CLEAN through I
slight aperture. BY the most intense
attention and eye discipline of the Sc
verest kind, they accomplish thei
painfully difficult task, producing fiji
aments rivaling the marvellous web
woven by spiders upon the grass, o
draped lattice pillars" No wonde
such workers lose their eyesight in
few years, or that fabulous prices mus
be paid for such thistle-down tissues!
| Harper's BGzar.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02
YOUTHS DEPARTMENT.
SHORTENING The BABY.

Our baby now is four months old,
A bonnie boy, with hair like gold;
And his long clothes are put away
For mother shortened him to-day.
He has the loveliest Of frocks,
All trimmed with lace, and two pink socks
. That father bought, the best by far
And prettiest in the whole bazaar.
And now the rogue can kick about;
His little feet go in and out
AS though they could not rest, and he
Is just as happy as can DO. .
Besides, he feels quite proud to-day
With all his long clothes put away,
And dressed so fine And then, you know,
We praise the boy, and love him so
His grandmamma must see him sooE;
We all will go this afternoon,
And take the pet, and stay for tea,
And what riot there will be!
Al first perhaps, she may not know
The baby, he has dwiudled so;
But let her guess, and do not say
That mother shortened him to-day.
tli3.i ~. r. Eastwood, IN 50. Nich0las.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02
Nnr Wholly Unprepared.

Mrs. Colonel Yerger is a continual
source of embarrassment to her hus-
band. Colonel Yerger recently gave
a dinner-party to few select ladies
and gentlemen. OF course, he was called
on for an after-dinner speech. Colonel
Yerger got up, and, assuming an inn
posing position, began:
Ladies' and gentlemen, unprepared
as 1 am-being wholly unprep red to
make a spcech-being unprepared|'
He was unable to proceed. There
was painful silence, which was
broken by Mrs. Yerger, saying
"Why, Colonel, you knew it per-
fectly this morning" Tableau.-TerGS
.Syt'tSs
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02

Boston rejoices in the application
of steam power to boot polishing. In
a shop located in the midst of the dis
ciples of Blackstone has been fitted up
an engine with a complex arrangement
of straps by which brushes are whirled
at surprising rate. The customers
are seated on board bench and are
polished of in very short time. m r,
Sun.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02

at has been q source of regret. to
me ever Since Iibave known any thing
about the Islands that the firststeps to-
ward the commercial settlement of the
islandswere not taken by Americans.
The English have no idea of progress,
their motto being; AS it was in the
beginning, is now and ever shall be.
Strong in their prejudices they effeetu-
ally chill all attempts at material inn
proyement save in their narrow chan
mel of Investment. There is one fea-
ture of the colony we'll worth noticing,
and that is the fact that there is abso-
lutely no poverty. We have not paul
per on the Islands. That the morality
is good is proven by the fact that in
the last six years the jail has had but
one inmate who Yassa native, and
he was put there for beating his
wife. OF course sailors who attempt
to desert from their ships are often
lodged in, jail until their vessels are
ready to sail, but that can not be count
ed against the islands. Altogether the
colony is doing fairly well, and l hope
to see more extensive relations exist
ing between it and America. A short
while ago WilliamWalter Phelps visited
the Islands in his yacht, the Brun-
ehilde, and before him Lord Brassey
came in the Sunbeam, The fact that
we get but one mail in about five weeks
rather cuts us off from current affairs
in other parts of the world, but the in.
,habitants are generally well satisfied
with their condition, and all of them
are making money. The things we
lack are a dentist, drug store and a
photographer-wants which we hope
soon to have filled. - Chicago Nesos.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02

"A club of girls in DJrsetshire. Eng
land, are under vows TO make their
own clothes and never to allow a serv-
ant to make their beds or dus heit
DRAWN rooms
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02

"A CaistOrville (0nt.) young wo-
man, who is attending The Smithville
High School, has twice performed the
remarkable somnambulishc freak of
walking in her sleep from amithville to
her home, fifteen miles away.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02
The FALKLAND ISLES.
AN American omcial's Chat About a Pros.
porous British Colony.

'fAH hWerichn OticiaIS Chat About Pros
porous British Colony.
Colonel Henry S. Lasar, United
States Consul at the Falkland Islands,
and his wife passed through Chicago
recently. Colonel Lasar has been Con-
sui at that point over six years and has
fund of valuable information con-
corning the islands. In appearance
the Consul is somewhat below medium
height, with gray beard and piercing
eyes, and although a native German
has been a citizen of the United States
over forty years and is as pronounced
an American in sentiment as could be
found, charming talker, and full Of
rare courtesy. -
Speaking, Of the island Colonel Lasar
said; s'Tho Falklands is crown col
Ony of the most severe type Its Gov
ernor Is from Downing Street, london,
and the strongest English prejudices
prevail, almost to the exclusion of an
impartial consideration of other nation
alities. The Government consists OF
Governor, executive council and legis-
lative council, appointed by the Crown,
although the latter, which consists OF
two persons, has but little independent
power, as the executive council sides
always with the Governor and
easily votes down any measure
,distasteful to that individual. The
population consists of about six.
teen hundred, nearly,al of whom are
English and Scotch, helatter predon-
mating numerically but the former
ruling by force of government and
capital The only industry is sheep
raising, for which purpose all the
islands are fully occupied, and l have
known many cases in which would-be
settlers were unable to obtain land.
The annual wool clip is about two mil
lion pounds. and there are throughout
the islands nearly million sheep and
cattle. The shepherds are Scotch.
sent over by tiief Falkland Company,
and are a stubborn lot of men. Some
of them live on observation-disclosures
completely alone with their tlocks. In
preference to the care of sheep they are
tmost jealous, refusinge~tos give the
slightest information as to their meth
DDS of handhngAeeksV na~
"Along the beaches of many of the
islands are vast mum bers Of penSuins
and other water fowl The formefare
SO tame that the sailors knock them
down with clubs and securestheir oh
which is quite valuable. In esnlSNtays
they were so numerous that the Gov
eruor of the islands~a called the
king of the PeAguinssIz The climates
pleasant, varying from twenty 70 fifty
the year round. Carpenters doa very
good business in theIislands owing to
The number of vessels which COME 10
the islands in distress after passages
around Cape H III from the Pacific.
The wages paid carpenters are feur
dollars per day. and they are careful
not to work very hard, some times
keeping ships in the port three months
at time. s...---s..-e,,..-.-.--.-
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-07-02

The man who uses tool weighing
three ounces more than is necessary
handles in ten hours work ll2 pounds
that are superauouS
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
Beware of Swindlers.

We have exposed, during the last
year, many swindlers who advertise,
under the name of medicine, vile
compounds which only increase hui
man suffering. To all who need a
pure medicine and blood purifier, we
can honestly recommend Sulphur
Bitters.-Editor Sun.
The first OF the new crop of Caro-
lima rice, IS barrels, was sold in New
York, Aug. 81, at five cents pound /.
The quality was prime.
Lawson Valentine gave basket
picnic and Swiss Family Robinson
party to over 1000 children at Noun
tainville, Orange Co., N. Y, Sept. l..
Simmons Liver Regulator
is what the name indicates a"Reg-
ulator'' of that most important organ
the Liver. Is your Liver out of
order? Then is your whole system
deranged, the breath offensive, you
have headache, feel languid, dispirit-
ed, and nervous, no appetite, sleep is
troubled and unrfreshing. Simmons
Liver Regulator restores. the healthy
action of the Liver.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
A Novel Bet.

While am not betting man, said
F. ] Cheney, of the firm of f. ].
Cheney & Co., | considered it my
religious duty to make that fellow a
bet, you see he was about dead, and
| guess he would OF died before
spring, if had not of got him on
the bet. You know some men had
rather lose their life than lose a
hundred, well he was one Of that kind
and WE both came near being out but
| saved my hundred ard it oa'y cost
him tell dollars. How's that? He
sent for me one day and said the
doctors had all given him up TO die,
with the catarrh. l told him that |
would bet him Sroo that lJall's Cat
arrh Cure would cure him or | would
give him SIoo If it failed. He took
the latter proposition. This was
three months ago; you, s+e how he
looks now, don't you, as well as any
one, and dandy.-.lmerican, To-
ledo, O.
Ga For sale by J F. Lau5engayer,
druggist, Owosso, Mich
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
Mothers

There are upon the skin of every
human being, child and adult alike,
900, 900 pores. Through these
pores in the form of insensible per
spiration, is expelled more than one
quarter OF the nourishment taken into
the system. The importance Of keep
ing open these perspiration valves
upon child's body is second only to
that of promptly digesting the food
eaten. 1t was to open the pores OF
the skin and to assimilate the food
that DR.. Pitcher formulated Castoria.
Loose bowels, constipation, fevers
and eruptions which are SO constant
among infants and children, and
which kill one third OF all children
before they are five years old, arise
principally from these two causes. 1t
is from the wonderful results attend.
ant upon the use of Castoria in regu.
lating the stomachs and bowels and
keeping open the pores of the skin,
that Castoria acquired its world wide
reputation. With plenty of water
for the body, pure air for the lungs
and Castoria to assimilate the food
there need be no unaccounted for
sickness among children Castoria
is vegetable prescription without
morphine or other narcotic property.
Thirty years extensive use has given
it history never attained by an.
other medicine.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
When Baby was sick, We gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoris,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castor,s

Charleston, S. c., was uneasy the
right OF Sept. /, the anniversary of
the earthquake. but everything was
quet. The 6ity has been rebuilt a at
cost Of over $4,coo.ooo
Itch. Mange,anj Scratches of every
kind on human or animals cured in
80 minutes by Woolford's Sanitary
lotion. This never fails. Sold by
!. F. Laubengayer Druggist Owosso
Mich
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

Another humbug exposed: In a
private letter to General Rosecrans,
at Washington, prominent Iowan
writes that the Democratic G.. A. R.
at Des Moines, Iowa, is farce.
Twenty.one OF the GOO veterans Of
thar city are members of it, and they
accomplished their purpose when
they passed the resolutions against
General futile.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
Music Teacher.

Miss G. M. Gooding recently from
the conservatory Of music in Ann
Arbor, will give lessons in instrument
tai music. Residence, Comstock
block, Williams street. Terms, $40
tor twenty lessons.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

The Republican Legislature in
New Hampshire, has passed cent
a mile railroad fare bill, amid great
enthusiasm. That is just what the
Republican Legislature in Michigan
ought to have done, in the interest of
people, and for the good of the party.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
An Important Condition.

Tommy's mother has had terrible
time teaching him TO remember always to
say ''if you please" ut the table. His
memory is lamentably bad.
The other day this dialogue took place
at the breakfast table:
Tommy-Marima, pass me the butter.
Mamma--If what, Tommy,
Tommy-If you kin reach it--Boston
Transcript.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

w. ]. Devenny has assumed edi-
torial control of the Echo, a weekly
newspaper issued in connection with
the Evening News, and under his
management it is rapidly attaining an
enviable reputation.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
For Sale.

We will sell our planning mill and
factory at half its value. Easy Terms.
Perfect title Immediate possession.
WHITE Bros.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

The unanimous denomination of
Gov. Foraker tor governor of Ohio
insures his triumphant reelection by,
by at least IS, 900 majority.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

The Center says: "What a happy
thing it would be if political editors
would learn to know and write the
truth about their opponents-in
Michigan, for instance. Yes indeed!
But, alas! the Center never set the
example.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

Finest bath rooms in the city at
the Steam Laundry. on Main street
west.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
Smoke your .hidreu's Dad-Gra-
hanle & Ccnnor.

Hogan will be at the county fair.
A. Bronson Alcott was born in
1877. and has kept a journal since
boyh Jod. II Ellis 60 manuscript vol
umes, and will I've printed after his
death.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
Resolution.

RESOLVED: BY the Common Council of the
City of Owosso that II Is hereby deemed necessary
public improvement, that Martin street in said
city be widened from the D., G.. ii. & NJ. r. II.
south TO Stewart street and that strip Of land s
feet and inches wide be taken along each side OF
said Martin street and added to said Martin ST.,
making said ST. 40k feet wide and that said Com
mon Council intend TO take the same for that pur-
pose and that said Common Council intend TO take
the same for that purpose and that said Common
Council will on the 18th day Of Oct, A. d., 1887,
at ten o'clock In the forenoon of that day,
apply to the Justice Court of Newton baldwin
q Justices court of said city, for drawing OF a
jury TO ascertain the necessity for using the proper
ty so intended TO be taken. and to ascertain the
just damages and compensation, which any person
may be entitled to. II such intended improvement
be made, and TO apportion and assess such damages
and compensation TO, and upon all lots, premises
and subdivisions thereof, which will be benefited
by such Improvement and be IL further
Resoi1ed, That copy of these Resolutions, duly
certified by the City Clerk of said city, be published
for four successive weeks In THE Owosso TIMES
The first publication 10 be on the 10th day of Sept.
and also that the City Marshal give such notice OF
these resolutions as is required by law.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

The Charlotte Prohibitionist says:
sThe Republican party has never
favored prohibition in its conventions
in the world and never dared to-"
But the Prohibitlonist is mistaken.
The Republican party of Michigan
at its State Convention, held, it we
are not mistaken as to date, on the
nth day OF July 1856, at Marshall,
cid declare, unequlocally for prohib.
i,ion, and if the Prohibition logic, as
TO the effect, of affirming by subse-
quent conventions the principles
enunciated by previous convictions
is sound, it has declared for Prohib'
ition at each and every state nomin
ating convention held since that date
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23

The Prince Of Wales Is SAID to be fire.
Quent borrower on the London ''street. ~
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
COUNTY OF AWASsEF.

i, Edmund o. Dewey, Clerk in and for the City
Of Owosso, In said county, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is true and correct copy
the City OF 0wosso, at a regular meeting OF said
Council, held at the Council Rooms In said city,
August 22d, 1887, and now on record in my. Office;
and that have compared the same with said origi-
nal Resolution and that Is IL true Transcript there
from and Of the whole Of such original.
In witness whereofI have hereunto set my hand
and afixed the seal OF said City OF
Owosso, this ed day Of August, A. D.,
EDMUND O. DEWEY, City Clerk.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-09-23
owosso. FRIDAY. SEPT. %. 1887.

The Independent Statesman says
that: SEX. Senator Ferry OF Michigan
failed through no special fault of his
own, in 1882 for 81 SEQ, 900 and since
that time has worked hard and paid
off SI,aoo, 900 OF his debt. The ex-
Senator evidently believes a good
name to be worth more than the
wealth of Cresus. A bankrupt man
however, who can earn sz4o, 900 a
year must have way of making
money that the average wise man
knows not Of" But the Statesman
is sadly misinformed. Elk Senator
Ferry has not made dollar since he
left Congress so far as any one knows
in this part of the country. On the
contrary he has spent thousands in
wandering over Europe. Mr.. Ferry
was born with gold spoon in his
mouth. SO to speak, fourished for
years on his fathers earnings, and
finally the Ferry brothers, ran out the
last of their fathers hard earned mil
lions, and failed enormously in debt.
The brother Of the Senator, whose
name has never been furnished by
any dishonorable act, and who did
not find it necessary or convenient to
spend several years in Europe, went
west, made fortune, payed the firms
debts. and covered himself all over
with honor, and he, not the ex-Sen-
ator, should have the credit that the
Statesman gives the ex Senator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Takes the Shine Off.
New York Cor. Savannah News.

New York Cor. Savannah News.
The latest novelty In silver is tiny
powder box of repousse work lined
with gold, and destined to be carried
in the pocket during the warm sum-
mer months by the women whose
noses are apt to become shiny, or
whose chins assume g. roseate hue
that increaseth in depth in
proportion to the gradual rise
Of the mercury. The box of
course contains miniature pow
der puff of the kind that one sees in a
French dolls outfit, and the daintiest
mirror Imaginable is inserted in the
lid, so that madame or mademO iselle
may gaze upon her features as she ap.
plies her chalk or bismuth, and know
just how much to put on and how
much to take off. the price is some
what exorbitant, it is true, SIS for
the plainest pattern. But they are
also manufactured in ivory at the
trifing expense of q dollar or two. /
happened to be riding down town the
other day in the Sixth Avenue elevated
train. Opposite me sat young
woman, and directly facing her was
one of the long, narrow looking GLASSES
that adorn the cars. | observed as
she glanced toward this mirror-which
she did at every turn of her head-an
expression of annoyance cross her
countenance. Finally she thrust her
hand into her pocket and pulled out
one of the little powder boxes just
mentioned. Then, without the slight
est trace of embarrassment, she pro-
ceeded deity to powder her nose. A
good many of the passengers stared
and smiled. But on the continent of
Europe no self-respecting woman ever
goes out without her powder box, and
soon, perhaps, the custom will become
general here as well.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Skilled Farm Laborers.

No idea has done more to repress
farming progress than the idea that a
farm laborer need not be skilled, that
brute strength is the main requisite.
This never was true, and is less so
now than ever before since improved
machinery has to be handled. But
even in handling such old-fashioned
i'm elements as the axe and the hoe ef-
ficiency depends as much upon skill as
upon muscle. 1t is by no means the
largest or strongest hired man who
will do most work in q day. And
when help is hired that is entirely IN
used to our methods of farming, its
inexperience greatly detracts from it's
value. The truth is that farming is g.
trade, that has to be learned if the
workers at it would be effective. tt
requires kno Wedge and skill in g. far
larger number of things than most
other kinds Of business. In fact, it is
never fully learned. The Oldest and
most successful farmer is generally the
most ready to learn something new
about his business, and it is usually
this habit which he has kept up
through his life that has given him
his success. That farmer shows only
his limited idea of business who thinks
that he knows so much about it that
he cannot learn anything more. And
though skill in farm help is desirable,
it is sometimes better in rough work
to have green hand willing to do as
he is told, and to learn, than one self
conceited with the idea that he knows
everything already. Much depends
upon employers. Some are themselves
so conceited that few hired men are
willing to try to learn from Them
American Cultivator.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-08-03
Sacred Songs is OF all Creeds.

Rev. Alexander r. Merriam, in American Maya
zine.
But it is in our worship, more than
anywhere else, that we come closest
to the one universal church. In the
liturgies of churches, the Romish forms
have bequeathed their choicest pray
ers and praises-their Gorias, TIE
Deums and anthems. We uncon-
sciously, IN our devotions, use the I'M
surpassed passages OF the litany and
collects and prayers of our Episcopal
brethren. We sing Wesley's hymns
in Calvanistic churches, and many g.
devout Methodist breathes out bis
faith in the Evangelical hymn, "My
faith looks up to Thee" We love to
raise our voices to the words of SITS.
Bernard and Francis Xavier found in
our Presbyterian hymn books. LEAD,
kindly light" sings the Catholic New
man; Nearer, my God to Thee"
pleads in song the Unitarian Miss
Adams; "In the Cross of Christ l
Glory" shouts Bowring, the Unitari-
an; angels Of Jesus" prays the
Catholic Faber; zone sweetly solemn
thought" sings the Universalist
Phoebe Carey.